Once round: Jet and breeder, Jim Irvine, from Scotland, take to the ring to impress the judges

Last minute nerves: A Standard Poodle waits to be groomed back stage on the final day of the four-day event

Jet had won the Best Gundog category before becoming top dog at the show, now in its 120th year.

Runner-up went to Jilly, a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen from Oxfordshire, winner of the Best Hound group.

Also
competing for the title were: German Shepherd Elmo, who won the
pastoral group; Boxer Max, who won the Working Group; and Wire Fox Terrier
Henry, who won the Best Terrier category; Theo, a Standard Poodle, who
took first place in the Utility group; and Eric, a Bishon Frise which
won the Toy category.

Well heeled: Weimaraners stand poised for the scrutiny of judges in the parade ring for the Gun Dogs section on the first day of the annual show

Shampoo and setter: A lady poses with her Red Setter at the show, left, while a group of Lhasa Apso dogs line up to be judged

Touch up: A leonberger dog looks on as its owner applies lipstick in the stalls on the second day of the show

The show was not without its controversy though. Julie Evans, from North-West Wales caused a stir when The Kennel Club agreed to let her show her 'mongrel' dalmatian Fiona.

Fiona, a dalmatian and pointer crossbreed, was imported from Nevada last summer.

Mrs Evans, who has bred dalmatians for 30 years had been concerned about the health problems which afflict British dalmatians as they
carry a mutant gene which makes them prone to a potentially fatal
chemical imbalance that affects the urinary system.

Mop with a mouth: A Komondor dog shakes its thang in the ring during the annual show

You barkin' at me? A Weimaraner has a natter over his pink be-towelled fence at the show

Dotty determination: Fiona, second dog from the right, with owner Julie Evans, right, her daughter and their other dogs Dynamite, Disco and Molly

By getting
permission from The Kennel Club to import and breed, she hopes that Fiona
will be able to mother puppies with a wider gene pool that can rid the
breed of this problem.

Mrs Evans
said: ‘My efforts have been unpopular. Breeders and clubs don’t want
impure dogs and they see this genetic modification as interfering with
the breed.

'It is interfering, but it is to introduce a healthy gene.

Cats and dogs: A woman walks her pet past a giant picture of a cat on the final day of Crufts

Let sleeping dogs lie: A Dogue De Bordeaux taking a snooze during the show

'I
hope one day I can persuade them it is the right thing to do.’

The Best in Show prize has been awarded for the past 83 years, during which time 41 different breeds have won the title.

Last year Hungarian Vizsla Yogi took the title of Best in Show.

Best friends: An elderly woman feeds her beloved Samoyed dog with its brilliant white coat on the second day of the show

Jaw dropping: A Mastiff-type dog pokes his nose from behind a wall to see what's going on while English Setter 'Sparsett Hembury Explorer' takes a rest as he waits waits for his turn to go into the judging ring

Head to head competition: Two Dogue de Bordeaux sniff each other out as they rest in their stalls on the second day of the annual dog show